METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR AUGUST, 1829 
9 o’clock, 
A.M. 
S o’clock, 
P.M. 
Dew 
External Thermometer. 
1829. 
Point at 
Rain, in 
Direction 
9 A.M. 
inches. 
of the 
Remarks. 
Barom. 
Attach. 
Therm. 
Barom. 
Attach. 
in de- 
rahrenheit. 
belt-registering. 
Read oft' 
Wind at 
9 A.M. 
August. 
Therm. 
grees of 
at9A.M. 
Fahr. 
9 A.M. 
3 P.M. 
Lowest, j Highest. 
h 
1 
30.248 
67.5 
30.242 
67.6 
63 
63.3 
66.0 
51.3 
68.7 
NNW 
f A.M. Fine and clear. P.M. Lowering 
t — distant thunder. 
G 
0 
30.289 
66.7 
30.262 
68.7 
57 
65.7 
72.7 
54.3 
73.7 
W 
Fine and clear — light clouds and wind. 
3> 
3 
30.122 
66.8 
29.965 
66.7 
59 
65.5 
63.0 
57.7 
67.7 
SW var. 
Rain — light brisk wind. 
3 
4 
29.828 
67.8 
29.791 
66.8 
55 
61.0 
62.6 
50.7 
64.4 
0.183 
W 
Cloudy — brisk wind. Showery P.M. 
5 
5 
29.912 
63.7 
30.010 
66.7 
57 
61.8 
65.9 
53.8 
65.8 
0.039 
NNW 
( Fine — light clouds and breeze. P.M. 
1 Cloudy. 
V 
t> 
30.078 
64.0 
30.070 
6S.2 
60 
62.7 
66.7 
54.3 
69.4 
W 
Lowering. 
9 
7 
30.184 
64.7 
30.207 
68.9 
61 
61.7 
70.6 
60.3 
71.7 
0.114 
E 
A.M. Light rain, early. P.M. Fine. 
u 
8 
30.240 
68.4 
30.1 S8 
71.4 
64 
67.0 
76.5 
58.7 
76.5 
E 
Fine and clear — light clouds. 
O 
9 
30.115 
67.4 
30.041 
71.2 
66 
66.3 
71.2 
57.6 
71.7 
ssw 
r A.M. Cloudy. P.M. Clear — light 
1 clouds. Breeze. 
]> 
10 
29.935 
66.2 
29.921 
69.3 
60 
60.7 
69.3 
60.5 
70.2 
0.406 
w 
f A.M. Heavy rain, early. P.M. Fine 
l and clear. 
3 
11 
30.123 
64.7 
30.144 
67.4 
53 
61.7 
67.7 
54.8 
69.3 
0.112 
w 
Fine — light clouds. 
9 
12 
30.137 
65.8 
30.065 
69.4 ' 
61 
65.7 
70.7 
58.3 
71.8 
s 
Fine and clear — light wind. 
n 
13 
29.778 
66.3 
29.728 
69.7 
66 
66.2 
67.3 
61.4 
72.8 
ssw 
/ A.M. Fine. P.M. Lowering. Light 
\ wind. 
o ? 
14 
29.505 
65.7 
29.452 
68.2 
64 
64.4 
68.2 
61.3 
69.8 
0.097 
SE 
Cloudy — heavy rain. 
h 
15 
29.577 
60.8 
29.628 
61.8 
56 
56.5 
57.8 
53.3 
60.4 
0.180 
W var. 
Rain. Light brisk wind. 
0 
18 
29.967 
58.7 
30.053 
61.7 
54 
57.6 
61.0 
51.0 
62.6 
0.292 
NNW 
Fine and clear — cloudy. Brisk wind. 
D 
17 
30.180 
56.8 
30.155 
63.7 
51 
57.0 
65.3 
46.7 
66.4 
W 
[ A.M. Fine & cloudless. P.M. Broken 
l clouds. 
3 
18 
29.847 
59.3 
29.753 
62.7 
58 
58.3 
62.4 
55.4 
64.3 
0.092 
SSW 
Overcast — rain. Light wind. 
9 
19 
29.526 
63.7 
29.476 
65.3 
60 
63.7 
66.3 
58.0 
67.3 
0.147 
wsw 
Fine and clear — cloudy. Showery P.M. 
V ■ 
20 
292284 
60.7 
29.500 
62.7 
59 
59.7 
61.3 
55.7 
63.3 
0.083 
ssw 
Rain. Evening clear. 
? 
21 
29.841 
60.0 
29.902 
62.3 
52 
63.3 
62.6 
51.8 
63.3 
0.114 
NNW 
Fine — light clouds. 
h 
22 
29.924 
58.7 
29.791 
62.3 
53 
59.3 
61.4 
52.2 
63.4 
s 
/ Cloudy. At night, strong high wind 
l with heavy rain. 
O 
23 
29.514 
63.8 
29.504 
67.5 
63 
63.0 
66.2 
59.5 
68.3 
0.286 
ssw 
Cloudy — brisk wind. Rain A.M. 
D 
24 
29.347 
63.3 
29.525 
63.6 
59 
60.4 
62.7 
59.3 
62.9 
0.128 
w 
Lightly cloudy and showery. 
3 
25 
29.922 
58.7 
29.999 
62.3 
52 
58.0 
62.5 
49.7 
63.4 
0.161 
wsw 
Fine and clear— brisk wind. 
9 
2f> 
30.060 
59.6 
29.914 
62.6 
57 
59.3 
61.2 
51.3 
62.7 
s 
Cloudy. At night, strong wind. 
V 
27 
29.626 
62.4 
29.560 
63.3 
4S 
60.4 
60.9 
57.8 
65.7 
0.008 
wsw 
Fine and clear. Evening, brisk wind. 
? 
28 
29.521 
58.4 
29.650 
61.6 
56 
58.4 
60.3 
53.8 
61.0 
0.272 
NW 
t Light clouds and brisk wind. At 
t night, rain and strong wind. 
© h 
29 
29.918 
60.0 
30.499 
64.3 
59 
59.0 
64.0 
54.7 
64.2 
0.125 
N 
Clear— light clouds— strong brisk wind. 
O 
30 
30.193 
57.2 
30.173 
61.0 
52 
55.7 
61.3 
52.3 
62.3 
NNW 
Fine and clear — light wind. 
3) 
31 
30.100 
56.7 
30.068 
60.7 
56 
56.3 
59.7 
53.3 
60.7 
NNW 
Cloudy — light wind. 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Sum 
29.898 
62.7 
29.911 
655 
57.8 
61.3 
65.0 
55.2 
66.6 
2.839 
Monthly Mean of the Barometer, corrected for Capillarity and reduced to 32° Fahr. 
!) A.M. 
29.823 
3 P.M. ) 
29.828 J 
OBSERVANDA. 
Height of the Cistern of the Barometer above a Fixed Mark on Waterloo Bridge =-83 feet 24 in. 
above the mean level of the Sea (presumed about) =95 feet. 
Ini Externa! 'Hu rinometer is 2 feet higher than the Barometer Cistern. 
Height of the lb reiver of the Bain Gauge above the Court of Somerset House =79 feet 0 in. 
File hours of ole-ervation arc of Mean Time, the day beginning at Midnight, 
flic Thermometers are graduated by Fahrenheit’s Scale. 
Fhe Barometer is divided into inches and decimals. 
